Find the Tapes,
Unlock the
Mystery
Dread X Collection 2
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn’t expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn’t know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
The Dread X Collection 2 follows in the footsteps of the first Dread X Collection. This time we’ve gathered 12 incredible indie devs and given them just 10 days to realize all new visions of terror. The inspiration this time around was LOVECRAFTING. Does that mean all Lovecraft monsters? Does that mean a crafting game? Does it mean crafting love in a romantic visual novel? You’ll just have to play to find out.
Collection Games (Click to Expand)
Secret Cow Level – Another Late Night: You’re up late playing video games and messing around on the internet. Things take a dark turn…
Vidas Games – Arcadletra: Electronics in an arcade and video rental store begin to come to life in startling ways when a mysterious hole leading to an unknown world is discovered.
John Szymanski – Charlotte’s Exile: Charlotte has gone missing. The last hope of her embrace lies with an old note written in an ancient language. Perhaps the books in the Great Library can be used to decode it. . . but keep an eye out for that thing crawling around.
Daniel Mullins Games – Solipsis: Two astronauts search for geological features beneath the surface of The Moon. They find one.
David Szymanski – Squirrel Stapler: Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, meet god.
Akabaka – Sucker for Love: Win the heart of an eldritch horror and smooch her… at any cost!
Bathysfear Games – The Diving Bell: Isolation takes its toll on even the strongest of wills. Survive the madness, faulty machinery, and the crushing depths of the ocean, and reach your salvation inside the diving bell.
Panstasz – The Thing in the Lake: Something horrible is hiding in its murky depths…
Mahelyk – The Toy Shop: What do you do when you can’t trust what you see, hear, or touch? What reality do you chose to be your own? Do you take your fate in to your own hands, or play on as someone else’s toy?
Scythe Dev Team – To the End of Days: The world is ending as a comet looms; can you make it home to your family?
Wither Studios – Touched by an Outer God: The Growth have invaded our world. Kill them. Eat their flesh. Become stronger.
Torple Dook – Undiscovered: A cursed tomb of kings lies hidden deep in the ancient jungle. Explore the tomb, learn it’s secrets, and find what lies . . . UNDISCOVERED.
Special Mentions: The launcher this time around comes from the incredibly Lovely Hellplace.
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After completing all 12 titles, you’ll get access to a secret basement in the mansion that hides one final trick up its sleeve. This way of unlocking everything is leaps and bounds better than the simple menu approach taken with Dread X 1 and is truly one of the more enjoyable playable parts of the collection.
7.5/10 – Rely On Horror
I have to say, I never expected to get another Dread X entry. The original felt like lightning in a bottle, something that we’d talk about years from now as that cool one-off thing. But now it’s a series and I couldn’t be happier. For the unfamiliar, the Dread X experience is essentially a playable game jam where creators of horror games get a time limit and a prompt. – Pixel Die